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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sappington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sappington and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Sappington:
- 45.794928, -111.767480
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Sappington
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Gallatin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
- Since Sappington is near Madison County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Sappington
Communities Also Named Sappington ...
We found two communities that are also named Sappington.
There is one other community in Montana that is also named Sappington.
Beyond Montana, there is another community also named Sappington in the United States.
- Communities Located In Montana ...
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Sappington [Jefferson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Sappington is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Sappington that is located in Gallatin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Sappington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sappington ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Mammoth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mammoth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Pony ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Strawberry ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Stringtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Summit Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Summit Valley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Valley
- Sunlight
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunlight is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- Three Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Three Forks Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Three Forks Junction is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks Junction
- Willow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Sappington to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sappington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sappington and extending to:
- Bozeman, which is the Seat of Gallatin County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sappington to Bozeman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,457 miles [12,000.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sappington could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sappington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sappington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sappington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7949, Longitude: -111.7675 In this case, the coordinates for Sappington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.205 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.247 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.21 degrees. |
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